By Okolo Jonathan Okhavhe
The Acting Chairman, Akoko-Edo Local Government Council, Rt. Hon. Alabi Bliss Oshionogue has emphasized the importance of mothers in nation building.
This emphasis was sequel to the visit of winners of 2024 Miss Akoko-Edo beauty pageant who visited him at the Council’s headquarters in Igarra, Edo State.
The Acting Chairman noted that mothers play pivotal roles in their various homes while raising the children, giving their emotional attachments especially in their formative stages in life.
“A man is naturally the head of the family who sees to the general well-being of same. However, women are more emotionally involved in the care for their wards more than the fathers”. He said.
Rt. Hon. Alabi who enjoined the awardees and prospective mothers to use their good offices to help government drive a system that would facilitate good upbringing of children, charged them to have an indebt knowledge of the workings of government with a view to cutting the cost of governance.
“You have good roles to play as would-be mothers in the mentorship of our wards in the homes, schools, churches and other public institutions. In the Stone Age, fathers came home with yams and other farm products, while mothers brought other food items from the markets for the general upkeep of the family and this synergy was seamless. Your roles as mothers underscore your importance within and outside the country”. He said.
On her part, Miss Akoko-Edo 2024 Beauty Pageant Award Winner, Miss Mary Okuo said she was on a courtesy visit to the council boss in company of the first runner up, Miss Favour Richard, to congratulate him on his elevation from leader of the legislative arm to the exalted position of Acting Council Chairman and to seek collaboration in moving the Local Government Area forward.
Miss Akoko-Edo who invited the Chairman to the next edition of the 2025 Miss Akoko-Edo Beauty Pageant scheduled to hold on the 22nd of April 2025, explained that, as the present beauty queens, they had the responsibility of giving back to the society through their pet projects, adding that they had perfected plans to distribute exercise books with engraved pictures together with pencils and pens to enhance the learning process of pupils in the Local Government Area.
